1001 Albums Summary

Beggars Banquet by The Rolling Stones

The start of their best period in my opinion. This to Exile.

Sunday At The Village Vanguard by Bill Evans Trio

Ellington at Newport by Duke Ellington

Under Construction by Missy Elliott

Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below by OutKast

Physical Graffiti by Led Zeppelin

Trio by Dolly Parton

Dummy by Portishead

Zombie by Fela Kuti

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme by Simon & Garfunkel

Van Halen by Van Halen

Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel

Lady Soul by Aretha Franklin

Slanted And Enchanted by Pavement

Sometime in late 1992 I went to see Sonic Youth at Brixton Academy. The opening band was a band I'd never heard of called Pavement. The next morning I ran to the record shop to by this album. (ok probably didn't run, but made my way swiftly)

Talking Book by Stevie Wonder

Synchronicity by The Police

A masterpiece.

Selected Ambient Works 85-92 by Aphex Twin

Tarkus by Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Back In Black by AC/DC

Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim by Frank Sinatra

Roots by Sepultura

3.7 Great but over long, like a lot of mid/late 90s albums were.

Wild Gift by X

At Mister Kelly's by Sarah Vaughan

Mothership Connection by Parliament

Chore of Enchantment by Giant Sand

Vol. 4 by Black Sabbath

The Slider by T. Rex

At San Quentin by Johnny Cash

I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got by Sinead O'Connor

Moving Pictures by Rush

One of the greatest Side 1s of all time.

Sunshine Superman by Donovan

The Velvet Underground & Nico by The Velvet Underground

Timeless masterpiece. It's influence is incalculable. Basically invents Indie/Alternative in my opinion.

Cosmo's Factory by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Crime Of The Century by Supertramp

Aladdin Sane by David Bowie

Da Capo by Love

Hounds Of Love by Kate Bush

Morrison Hotel by The Doors

Kala by M.I.A.

Head Hunters by Herbie Hancock

Exile On Main Street by The Rolling Stones

Raw Like Sushi by Neneh Cherry

Seventeen Seconds by The Cure

5 stars, even though it's my 8th or 9th favourite Cure album. I'm a long time, and very biased, Cure fan.